Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-22

4 oLO WOulu nave liked
hlm to suggest the secluded corner
10 object to be overruled, until she
was Obliged to say, " Really, we must
JON our friends;" and she would have
liked him to consent very reluctantly.
No woman exists, however sensible.
however intellectual, who does not in
her secret soul enjoy the differential
and delicately-profered attention Of
an agreeable gentleman.
If she does not
She Is neither man nor woman:
She is neither beast nor human;
Shes ghoul.
Webster defines Irritation as "play-
ing at courtship." There is a coarse
fibered being hidden in the mask of
beauty who is sometimes denominated
a tiirt. She "plays at courtship," !"
always with a moneyed lover, merely
to obtain financial favors and expen-
sive gifts. After which she quarrels
with the gift-giver and seeks new
fields. She prefers freedom and inde-
pendence OF action to marriage, and
until she is 80 her life is succession
of intrigues. After that it becomes a
supreme effort to make a good mar
riage and to become the associate of
respectable people. She not unfre-
quently develops taste for the arts,
and dabbles in literature or music or
painting, conscious that the doors of
genius are SO strongly barred against
a woman without credentials as the
doors Of society proper. But this un-
fortunate specimen of the flirt vulgaris
is more properly called an "adven-
turess."
THE MALE FLIRT.
The male firt who "plays at court
ship" is a more refined and danger
GUS creature. He leaves it to his less
skillful brother to pay the same COM
pliments to each pretty girl he meets.
He knows the fair sex too we'll for
that. If all his lady loves meet and
compare notes they will find that he
has never been guilty of repeating him
self. He is original and inventive,
and suits his compliment to it's recipi-
ent.
To the young and sympathetic girl
he talks much about "a wasted life,
and says he should have been differ
ent man had her sweet sympathy come
into his life earlier, but there has
never before been any one to stir his
best impulses-and now it is too late"
To the religious young lady who
yearns to reform the world he hints
darkly Of a sinful past which stands
like an accusing spirit between him
and a paradise which has just dawned
upon him.
To the heiress he talks vaguely of
barriers which fate builds between a
mans pride and his hopes OF happi-
ness.
He plays upon the emotions of
woman as upon stringed instruments,
and the tender strains he draws forth
amuse and entertain him. The minor
chords are music to his ears, too,
but when they instrument, for he
does not like to be annoyed. His
standard for woman is high, yet he
is forever tempting her to come down
to the plains of folly, and despising
her ior her weakness if she yields. II
crime and heart aches follow her foot
steps he does not hold himself, but
the frailty of woman, in fault.
MARRIED FLIRYs.
The married male flirt is usually
The outgrowth, of his own vanity, He
IS like the old heather gods, who re-
1uired the fresh sacrifice of q human
life each day to keep them in good hui
NOR. The married woman fiirt is
usually the result OF a husbands S
neglect or Indifference. A
woman Graves admiration Or ap-
probation as naturally as flower
Graves the sunlight. If the flower
does not receive the sunlight through
the open window it will strain toward
4 crevice in the wall, even if it warps
Itself out of shape in the effort. If the
light comes freely and generously
through the window it does not lean
toward the crevice, unless it springs
from deformed root. .,
The most delightful Irritation Of all
is filtration between husband and
wife. saw a dear old couple Of 60
Summers coquetting with each other
not long ago. He gave her such
tender glances, wrapped her shawl
about her, held her hand, and smiled
upon her as gallantly as if she were a
prize vet to be won. 1t was really a
beautiful sight.
I know another charming man a
Younger one-who is so full of pretty
and quick appreciation
and cavalier attentions to his much
admired wife, that she finds the
praises of other men like "water after
wine." When the professional male fiirt
siphs and tells her: "All his life he
cherished a dream of an ideal woman
only at last to find her in the pos
session OF another" she laughs in his
FACET sounds so spurious compared
to the ring OF true love she finds in her
husbands tender expressions.
While filtration does not deserve to
be called the spice of life, it is GER
tainly one of life's spicy condiments.
It should be indulged in sparingly,
like all condiments. The man OF
woman who has reached middle life
having participated in firta-
tion has no doubt missed an interest
ing experience. But l should not
advise any tardy effort toward
achievement in that line, as in this
matter the old adage of better late
Than never does not apply.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
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